Central bank digital currencies have the power to upend global finance

Central bank digital currencies will fundamentally change our conceptions of money and its uses.

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Siemens-backed blockchain energy platform showcases in Germany

The German state-funded energy project uses DLT to enable transparent market transactions.

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Ripple Confirms Bank of America Utilizes Its Technology During Swell Conference…But There’s A Catch

A demo video shown by Ripple during its Swell 2020 conference seemingly confirms that the second-largest banking institution in the United States uses one of its products. In particular, a screenshot of the video was posted by one of the devoted members of the XRP community. дальше »

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Ripple Confirms Again Bank of America Uses Its Tech at Swell: DigitalGen Financial Services CEO

The XRP community is discussing a demo by Ripple during Swell 2020, in which Bank of America is found to be using Ripple's tech, but it's not what many hope for дальше »

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Securitize Is Taking Ethereum-Based Securities Into the DeFi Realm

Securitize is teaming with a protocol called Tinlake from Centrifuge, which uses a clever system of NFTs to put real-world assets into DeFi. дальше »

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Litecoin Price Analysis - On-chain activity spikes with the release of a new decentralized game

Transactions per day rose 4x in September, after the release of LiteBringer, a PC-based fantasy game that uses Litecoin for microtransactions. дальше »

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Swiss Crypto Hedge Fund opened to the public from TheKryptoBank

If you’ve ever taken a trip to a country that uses a different currency than your own, you must have visited a Currency Exchange shop and exchanged some of your country’s currency with your destination country’s currency. дальше »

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Travel Rule Protocol (TRP) Working Group Backed by ING and Fidelity Unveils Crypto AML Tools

Coinspeaker Travel Rule Protocol (TRP) Working Group Backed by ING and Fidelity Unveils Crypto AML ToolsThe Travel Rule Protocol working group’s solution uses two simple RESTful APIs designed for querying address ownership and sending required originator and beneficiary information about digital asset transfers. дальше »

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Facebook Uses Monopoly Power to Dominate Competitors, Antitrust Committee Reports

Coinspeaker Facebook Uses Monopoly Power to Dominate Competitors, Antitrust Committee ReportsThe report stated that Facebook sustains its monopoly position by identifying and acquiring its competitors. дальше »

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Autopilot Trading Bot

What is Autopilot? Autopilot is a trading bot that uses “quant trading” to find...

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This Self-Sovereign ‘DocuSign’ Uses Bitcoin for Digital Proofs

Woleet provides a digital ID software suite which allows its clients to authenticate documents and signatures using Bitcoin’s blockchain. дальше »

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Top 5 tokens for Staking in 2020

If you know how Bitcoin works, you probably are well aware of the fact that every blockchain uses some kind of consensus mechanism for transaction validation. Some of the most commonly used consensus mechanisms are Proof-of-Work (PoW) and Proof-of-Stake (PoS). дальше »

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USPTO Grants Ripple Labs Patent for Smart Contracts System that Uses Oracles

Coinspeaker USPTO Grants Ripple Labs Patent for Smart Contracts System that Uses OraclesThe patent presents interesting use cases for data transactions between the Ripple ecosystem with the outside world. дальше »

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‘Bullish Divergence’ for SNX; Nearly 80% of Synthetix’s Native Token is Locked as Collateral

Synthetix currently has about $600 million worth of crypto deposit locked, which is in decline since hitting the record $1 billion on Sept. 2nd, as per DeFi Pulse. One of the top DeFi protocols, Synthetix, is a synthetic asset issuance and trading protocol that tracks real-world assets like crypto, fiat, and stocks and uses Chainlink’s […] The post 'Bullish Divergence' for SNX; Nearly 80% of Synthetix’s Native Token is Locked as Collateral first appeared on BitcoinExchangeGuide. дальше »

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Blockchain-Powered Brand KIM Diamond Announces Flagship Store and Selene Moon Goddess Jewelry Line

Chinese jewelry brand KIM Diamond uses blockchain technology to govern integration between sourcing diamonds from mines, for custom-made jewelry pieces. KIM also unveiled its Selene Moon Goddess jewelry series, and flagship store location at a recent event at luxury Chengdu hotel, The Temple House. дальше »

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Blockchain-Powered Brand KIM Diamond Announces Flagship Store and Selene Moon Goddess Jewelry Line

Chinese jewelry brand KIM Diamond uses blockchain technology to govern integration between sourcing diamonds from mines, for custom-made jewelry pieces. KIM also unveiled its Selene Moon Goddess jewelry series, and flagship store location at a recent event at luxury Chengdu hotel, The Temple House. дальше »

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The Moss Piglet Dilemma: Paypal Bans Payments to Merchants Using the Word ‘Tardigrade’

The popular payment provider Paypal has been known for cutting off a number of merchants and organizations over the years. This week, the public found out that Paypal has been censoring merchants that sell items related to the name “tardigrade” just because a Balkan arms dealer uses the same name. дальше »

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IRS Offers $625K Bounty to Break Monero or Lightning Network Privacy

The US Internal Revenue Service is offering up to $625,000 to anyone who can successfully trace either Bitcoin Lightning Network or Monero transactions. Submitted last week, the request notes a rise in the number of both legal and illicit uses of such privacy-enhancing tools. дальше »

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Korea’s largest job search platform uses blockchain to verify applicants’ credentials

ICONLOOP, the Korean blockchain technology company, and SaraminHR, Korea’s largest job search platform, today announced the first full implementation of blockchain technology in the recruitment and staffing industry in South Korea. дальше »

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У браузера Brave появилась защита от фишинговых атак

Согласно твиту Brave от 8 сентября, браузер, основанный на конфиденциальности, интегрировал решения с открытым исходным кодом компании PhishFort, занимающейся кибербезопасностью. Brave now uses @PhishFort's open source anti-phishing solutions for our in-browser Crypto Wallets to better protect our users. дальше »

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Tencent Uses Blockchain Technology to Improve Transparency in Annual Internet Charity Campaign

Tencent pledges the use of blockchain technology in its biggest annual philanthropic campaign to ensure data traceability and enhance transparency in charitable programs, taking the lead in... дальше »

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Research: New Malware Employs Tor and Bittorrent To Steal Bitcoin and Ether

A new trojan called Krypto Cibule uses infested computers’ power to mine cryptocurrency, steal crypto wallet files, and redirect incoming digital assets to a hacker address. The malware rides on the Tor network and the Bittorrent protocol to perform attacks, according to an extensive report by cybersecurity company, ESET. дальше »

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Singapore Exchange uses blockchain to issue $300m digital bond

DAML smart contract language is now used for digital bonds.

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Why This Analyst Doesn’t See Ripple’s XRP Hitting $1 Anytime Soon

An investment analyst, Timothy Peterson says Ripple’s XRP is not likely to reach $1 and much less likely to reach $10. The analyst who uses value estimates to project the future performance of digital assets based on adoption and user interest said the number of users on its network isn’t improving, which means that XRP […] дальше »

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Federal agencies turning to blockchain for its benefits

Even the FDA uses blockchain

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Unconfiscatable? Using Bitcoin to Resist Police Extortion in Nigeria

It's common in Nigeria for police officers to threaten and extort citizens for whatever money they can find. This man uses bitcoin as a hiding spot. дальше »

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South Korea’s ICONLOOP launches blockchain KYC certification service

ICONLOOP, the South Korean-based blockchain platform, today announced a partnership with Shinhan Bank, Korea’s second-largest commercial bank, to issue KYC compliance certificates through its mobile app Zzeung, which uses ICONLOOP’s blockchain-based decentralized identity (DID) technology. дальше »

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Stellar-Based Company Partners with Velo Labs to Build Payments Platform in Asia

Interstellar, which uses Stellar blockchain, has teamed up with Velo Labs to make a platform that would help fintech businesses to expand in APAC, and SDF joins them дальше »

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Ripple Partner NBF, Visa and UAE Telecom Giant Launch Unique SME Platform in the UAE

Another organization that uses Ripple's tech is expanding, this time in the UAE, via partnering with another fintech monster, Visa, and Etisalat telecom giant дальше »

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Ethereum’s Fees Mean Choosing Between a World Computer and a Financial Network

Large public blockchains are destined to privilege the largest, most fee-tolerant transactions at the expense of non-financial uses. дальше »

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LND Adds ‘Wumbo’ Channel Support; Allows for Larger Bitcoin Lightning Network Transactions

In an announcement this Thursday, the Lightning Network Implementation, LND, developed by Lightning Labs, announced the introduction of “Wumbo” channels that will allow uses to send and receive more Bitcoins than before. дальше »

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SunSpec uses blockchain to standardise solar panels

The goal of the alliance is to streamline the use of solar panels and...

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Monero Cryptojacking Malware Targets Higher Education

Guardicore Labs explains that FritzFrog uses a brute-force attack on millions of addresses to gain access to servers.

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VeChain Forms New Partnership with Grant Thornton to Push Adoption

The VeChain Foundation has partnered with Grant Thornton Cyprus, an accounting firm, opening the door to “thousands” of adoption opportunities. VeChain uses its blockchain mainly to provide RFID (Radio Frequency Identification). дальше »

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Ross Ulbricht Uses Snail Mail to Send Correction for Blog Post on MakerDAO

Getting all the facts right is hard, especially when you don’t have internet access.

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Ripple Still Wants to Become Amazon of Cryptocurrency World

Coinspeaker Ripple Still Wants to Become Amazon of Cryptocurrency WorldRipple is keeping its longstanding dream of becoming the Amazon of the cryptocurrency world in 5 years to come. The firm is positive it will achieve this thanks to its unique products which can find uses in both government and privately-owned companies. дальше »

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Korean bank working on custodial services that uses blockchain

KB Kookmin, one of Korea’s largest banks, is spearheading blockchain development projects for the... The post Korean bank working on custodial services that uses blockchain appeared first on Coin Journal. дальше »

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New Bitcoin Scam Uses Daniel Craig for Fake Celebrity Endorsements

Coinspeaker New Bitcoin Scam Uses Daniel Craig for Fake Celebrity EndorsementsCelebrities and high-profile public figures such as members of the Dragon’s Den, Piers Morgan, James McAvoy, Elon Musk, Richard Branson, and Martin Lewis are used excessively by Bitcoin scammers for promotional purposes. дальше »

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Microsoft Uses Power of Cloud to Bring Netflix for Games Service

Coinspeaker Microsoft Uses Power of Cloud to Bring Netflix for Games ServiceUsing the power of cloud computing in a $150 billion industry, Microsoft has unveiled a Netflix-styled Cloud Games to be launched on September 15. дальше »

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Lykke launches new HFT (High-Frequency Trading) APIs for algorithmic trading

The new release of the updated APIs now supports gRPC protocol. This protocol uses HTTP 2. 0 Standard, WebSocket, and ProtoBuf, which helps to reduce latency, allows more efficient use of the CPU, and provides access to network resources on the client's side. дальше »

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Culprit Behind Ethereum Congestion? Forsage Ponzi Scheme, Not DeFi

This year has become the year of DeFi. While the top Layer 1 blockchains compete for uses in the niche, Ethereum remains the king. The surge in daily active addresses... дальше »

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Firm Uses Ethereum to Tokenize Sustainable Infrastructure in Fight Against Climate Change

U.K.-based fintech company Fasset aims to bridge the $15 trillion gap in sustainable infrastructure development with blockchain-backed investments. дальше »

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Chainalysis запустила бесплатный аналитический портал Market Intel

Компания Chainalysis запустила портал данных и аналитики Market Intel, предназначенный для управляющих активами и регуляторов, заинтересованных в мониторинге рынков криптовалют. Check out our new website, Market Intel! It uses Chainalysis data to give asset managers and regulators live data and insights on cryptocurrency usage, as well as the health and growth of cryptocurrency markets: https://t.co/U54t9s6B60 […] дальше »

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DeFi Hedge - Nexus Mutual is the people-powered alternative to insurance

Hugh Karp is the founder and CEO of Nexus Mutual - a people-powered alternative to insurance. Nexus Mutual uses the power of Ethereum so individuals can share risk together without the need for an insurance company. дальше »

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Norway’s Largest Cruise Ferry Line Uses DNV GL and VeChain’s (VET) My Care Solution

Color Line AS, Norway’s largest cruise ferry line that offers both passenger and freight transport to and from Norway and other parts of Europe, has adopted DNV GL’s MY Care COVID-19 infection risk verification solution powered by VeChain (VET) ToolChain, according to a press release on July 14, 2020. дальше »

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This Tiny El Salvador Town Has a Thriving Bitcoin Economy

El Zonte, a rustic beach town of just 3,000 people located on the coast of El Salvador in North America, uses bitcoin (BTC) as its sole currency and medium of exchange. The people of El Zonte have created a robust crypto-economy for themselves, using the world’s flagship crypto to run their daily lives, according toRead MoreRead More. дальше »

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ModiHost’s Token Is Live on HitBTC, the Leading European Bitcoin Exchange 

Switzerland, July 8th 2020 – ModiHost, a hotel management system that uses artificial intelligence to deliver personalized experiences to hotel guests, is proud to announce that its token is live for trading on the HitBTC exchange starting from Thursday 9th. дальше »

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ModiHost’s Token Is Live on HitBTC, the Leading European Bitcoin Exchange

Switzerland, July 9th 2020 – ModiHost, a hotel management system that uses artificial intelligence to deliver personalised experiences to hotel guests, is proud to announce that its token is live for trading on the HitBTC exchange starting from Thursday 9th. дальше »

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Analyst PlanB Explains What Drove Him To Purchase Bitcoin Even Way Before The Stock-to-Flow Model

Crypto analyst PlanB is popular in the cryptocurrency space for coming up with a bitcoin price-predicting model that uses the coin’s scarcity, the stock-to-flow model. The model assumes that the price of bitcoin increases significantly after each halving event due to BTC’s limited supply. дальше »

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This New Chat App Uses Ethereum to Ensure Private Messaging

A newly launched chat platform harnesses the Ethereum blockchain to ensure privacy between users, Decrypt reported July 8. Privacy-First Features Called DChat, the application comes from the minds behind Unstoppable Domains; a crypto-first platform that allows users to build censorship-resistant websites while paying in digital tokens. дальше »

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